While this is certainly true if only REAPER and REA-plugins are used, it becomes case-by-case thing if other plugins are used, especially "analog-modelled." So it does make sense to watch out for proper levels at all times. Thankfully multiple volume control points in REAPER make it very easy.
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
Yes. In the end we should use our ears.
@augustinea.sillah53557 жыл бұрын
Thanks so very much
@whiteonwhite2266 жыл бұрын
Hey, ik its an old comment, but could u recommend me some cheap/free modelled vst's that clip nicely? Ableton's "dynamic tube" did it well enough for me, but I'm thinking about changing to Reaper and I miss it, even tho the bundled JS saturator is not that bad.
@AndyCampbellMusic6 жыл бұрын
That's interesting but it's not good for seeing where you are when mixing. Isn't it really better, to sort out the input gain on each channel whether they be VST or analogue, to be -18 to - 12 on peaks with the fader at 0db. That gives you more room to mix, add plugins, effects etc and might save your speakers too?
@ToneSpectra5 жыл бұрын
Also if the analog-modeled plugin doesn't offer oversampling (which usually they do), you need to alter the DAW sample rate while using them.
@lauramelaniemusic91834 жыл бұрын
Wow, just...wow! I've been using Reaper for years just for home demos and such. However, I'm recording a project as requested by a group of clients and realized how handicapped I am by my lack of fundamentals. This has been so helpful and your explanations are clear and your presentation is clean. Thank you so much. I look forward to learning more about my DAW from you.
@zarrir6 жыл бұрын
That piano line is beating in my head since yesterday
@ddrumdude3 ай бұрын
😂
@EtalonBeats7 жыл бұрын
You can't always rely on fixing peaks with this method, because a lot of plugins treat the incoming signal according to the momentary level values (comps, exciters, impulse responses...). If the plugin is designed for dynamic content and your incoming signal peaks a lot or worse, its always red, then the plugin fails to provide the color which it was designed for. Peaks around -6dB and a loudness around -23LUFS or 0 LU are considered to be safe. The SWS extension has actions to set the loudness, or normalize peaks on media items, however you will have to set the levels manually if you use MIDI for synthesizers/samplers. SWS/BR: Normalize loudness of selected items to -23 LUFS SWS/BR: Normalize loudness of selected items to 0 LU You can set one of these actions to for example SHIFT+Double Click on Media Item or whatever you prefer in the Mouse Modifiers... This is the first thing I do whenever I bring a sample into a project.
@garrettendi4 жыл бұрын
This explains something I was shocked by last night. I had my guitar into an amp sim and that track was clipping (after the amp sim, not on guitar input), but as long as the master bus wasn't clipping, I could not hear any distortion or clipping sound in my headphones. I was sure my hearing was wrong, but this video confirms it!
@nathanrice65897 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! Kenny... your a frik'n beast at tutorials!!! Your the "Neil deGrass Tyson" of Audio educator!! Seriously.. no one comes close to your level of turning complicated subjects into simplistic understanding...
@XCenturionX7 жыл бұрын
You killed everyone with this video, Kenny! Outstanding.
@matthieuclement7368 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kenny So helpful, everytime I apply things from your tutorials, my mix become so clean, so pure, it goes where I really want to go.
@dylanm19784 жыл бұрын
To my understanding, unlike analog, this isn't a signal chain. Each plugin is just adding a series of algorithms to the original signal and those numbers could cancel out numbers that come before it because reaper is just combining the plugins in a single equation. But other plugins added into reaper may not do this necessarily. They may take the input signal and then output an entirely new, separate signal. In which case, if gain is an issue, you can always use the Reaper volume plugin before and/or after the plugin that's causing a problem, if input/output gain aren't editable parameters in the plugin.
@JasGoodgameJamzYuh2 жыл бұрын
Signal chains can be in parallel or in series. Your first sentence describes a signal chain in series. What you describe in the second paragraph is a signal chain in parallel. They're both still signal chains.
@1ad7solo4 жыл бұрын
Before I start mixing I just set the Volume plug-in at -6.9 on all tracks, mix and adjust levels as needed. Works out pretty good for me.
@HR2635 Жыл бұрын
and thats actually a better approach!
@kego999 Жыл бұрын
4:46 Is my favourite part of this video :D Made my day :D Thanks! Bytheway the knowledge Kenny shared in this tutorial is priceless. Thank you Sir! It is painful to realize, how much time I wasted setting up every individual track's volume not to clip.
@lennierichardson13876 жыл бұрын
I've watched about a half dozen of your videos today and have learned a lot. Please keep up the good work.
@twohornedpuppet857 жыл бұрын
Makes me wonder if you ever accidentaly pressed play before you cut the signal again by 100 db... although out of experience I can say that Reaper luckily just mutes the master in that case.
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
Yes. In fact, during the video I had to turn that off. Now I should probably turn that back on. LOL
@HeyZeus0963 жыл бұрын
The automute is great. Has saved me from feedback a couple times from clicking the wrong thing at the wrong time.
@jorgepeterbarton4 жыл бұрын
I've found your video to set 'pre-fader meters' but gladly found this explaining i dont need to for gain staging
@nj12553 жыл бұрын
I wish that the Cockos team would add a gain/trim knob or some pre-gain slider to the tracks kinda like Cubase. I have set the JS Volume Adjustment plug-in as default for new tracks but it's still very slow to open them one by one and set the gain. I know it's possible to show plug-in parameters in the mixer but you can't show parameters and sends/receives at the same time :( JS Volume is the only plug-in that I would need to see the parameters for so it feels dumb to sacrifice all that screen estate for the parameters of just one plug-in I only use at the start of a project. A simple, small gain/trim knob or slider would improve workflow immensely!
@lieutenantdan7212 Жыл бұрын
Same here, I really wish they would add that!
@alalgomam Жыл бұрын
Same here. I would love to have some kind of pre-fader gain available in Reaper. I've used the JS Volume Adjustment plugin but it's sometimes buggy... like the gain I set via the keyboard is not preserved and suddenly it jumps back to unity and blows my speakers. Not good! I saw Kenny was able to adjust the item/clip volume via some kind of widget on the item which looked like at least a somewhat close solution... but yeah, would love to see a pre-fader gain some time in the future!
@wojciechstecyszyn6040 Жыл бұрын
Same here
@nj1255 Жыл бұрын
@@wojciechstecyszyn6040 I wrote that comment a long time ago, and this is not a problem anymore. I was for some reason really into streamlining my gain staging process, but it's such a stupid thing to get stuck on. Set your master VU settings to "Peak+loudness", and in the Loudness metering section, set it to: Meter=LUFS-M, Readout=Maximum, Display offset=23dB. Display gain and red threshold you can leave at 0dB. Now when you solo a track you can simply look at the blue bars on each side of the mixer master meter. If they hit the red threshold, select the audio item/items on that track and grab the top of the item and pull down until the blue meters don't hit red. This is the same thing as adjusting pre-fx volume (called clip gain in some DAWs). You can also set the individual track meters to LUFS-M and go by those instead, but I prefer having them show the peak values. Since the master meter can show both LUFS-M and peak at the same time it's just more practical to use that.
@OtaconNachosАй бұрын
@@nj1255 I recently wiped my HDD and I was remembering your advice on this and it took me so long to find your comment! I screenshotted it lol. Thanks for the tip!
@Pat95V7 жыл бұрын
Very useful video! Keep up the good content Kenny, we all appreciate it!
@audio2u7 жыл бұрын
Nice job as usual Kenny, but I would have liked to have heard you explain to the noobies just how floating point arithmetic is different to fixed point arithmetic, and how these extremes (as demonstrated in this video) will bite you on the ass pretty hard if your system is based on fixed point math, or if any of your (non-Reaper) plugins aren't based on floating point math.
@juanchis.investigadorsonoro4 жыл бұрын
This is because it's working in a 64 b FP algorythm. You have to do this same test with non-stock plugins and see why this is not a good idea. Gain staging is part of recording all the way into mastering. You have some other really cool videos, but this is making people that have no idea of audio understand something that really is not the way to go. Because of distorsion, CPU stressing, understanding voltages, etc...
@fluffmuff987 жыл бұрын
This originated with protools when it used 48bit integer instead of floating point.
@Melvin77274 жыл бұрын
fluff muff That explains so much then. Thank you
@MabuyoshiSenjutsu2 жыл бұрын
Man! I really needed this knowledge! I just started learning in mixing my own drum takes and even though levels are good in the individual tracks. The Master Track is still clipping, with this. I can finally adjust the final mix! :D Thank you, Kenny!
@nickthorne58723 жыл бұрын
But then you couldn't listen to the track in solo?
@Chris-St-DE7 жыл бұрын
This is not the way one should work. - Analog modeled plugins need proper input levels - When exporting individual tracks they should have a reasonable level - So, a proper gain staging on every stage is desirable
@AudioReplica20236 жыл бұрын
really, you gonna tell to a multi platinum record producer that has worked with analog consoles how is done? LOL.
@theiriscen6 жыл бұрын
why not ?
@diymusicbiz5 жыл бұрын
@@AudioReplica2023 😂
@matthewward58135 жыл бұрын
Kenny isn't saying to do it like this but... he is showing that ultimately it is the last signal sent to the converters that matters when it is time to render a track. Anyone who is a suppose-ed mixer knows that certain plugins are made to be hit with a certain amount of signal. Obviously he doesn't boost his track 100 dB when he is mixing lol...
@StevenBrooks20126 жыл бұрын
All in Reaper and no third party plugs needed. Excellent tutorial
@zacharydeguzman71393 жыл бұрын
Never knew Reaper had this much volume control. Many thanks!
@YazadIrani3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kenny! I kinda was doing d same thing (just the master gain stage as the relative track levels were good) I needed this reaffirmation from you, now I feel good 😊
@chrisdaviesguitar2 жыл бұрын
I keep discovering these little gems.
@michaelhawkins61497 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy your work. Thanks for the time and effort. BRAVO!
@ryanfishel93942 жыл бұрын
I love in chat groups when they ask your top 5 plugins or so. Just realise I should include the Reaper "Volume" plugin next time. Use it all the time and it often saves my butt.
@makoicriador20 сағат бұрын
im new with this and i want to learn more. im kind of missing the point here. why overload a track and just end up negate it on the way out? why not just fix it on the first level anyway?
@BulletRideProductions7 жыл бұрын
The concept here is correct, but the term is "clipping," not "distorting." And technically, it isn't even clipping due to the floating point math. I personally don't like seeing clip indicators lit up, but if it sounds good, to each their own.
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@seventhplace5 жыл бұрын
Clipping is a form of distortion. Just not good distortion. Point for Kenny
@G_handle4 жыл бұрын
Listen_good Isn’t distortion a form of clipping, or effect of clipping, like saturation?
@jorgepeterbarton4 жыл бұрын
clipping is a type of distortion. but often he is talking about when its distorting or clipping at all! that would be audible. Technically its 'overshoot' or i guess overload (exceeding the range of input data)...but if its floating point its not causing any 'clipping' as the over shoot is compensated....clipping which would be like slicing off the top of the waveform visually, is a type of distortion. Distortion is 'technically' ANY change to a signal, but casually refers to particular types of 'clipping' or 'overdrive' or 'saturation' or 'fuzz' etc.. Digital= hard clipping. Analogue, like a tube amp, =soft clipping although various analogue stuff can clip harder, but not unusably hard like digital.
@robertsmith83762 жыл бұрын
I think that's fine with strictly digital plugins. However, with plugins emulating hardware, they will distort. I did not gain stage a project and was hearing distortion. I sent some time chasing it down and it was a tape emu that was overloading. I did a bandaid fix by turning it's input. gain down and it was fine however, I wasted time chasing it. When I set tracks at -18db, I never have to worry about plugins, busses or renders.
@MrMelodyCold4 жыл бұрын
just adjust the gain until is 18db by dragging the top of the track, then use the use view > the peak display settings, and then after every plugin adjust the wet/dry signal, using this method will lead to problems since you are clipping but you are not hearing it because reaper process
@Pinkybum2 жыл бұрын
Of course, you could just use the master fader also. The only issue with this is that you probably want the same levels on the master buss because you want consistent monitoring levels.
@R.and.R.7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kenny. Very instructional and useful as always.
@cubilart75724 ай бұрын
Hi, how did you activate the trim pot on piano's clip at 2:32? This change of level affects the fader or only recorded input level? Thanks
@timrideout3 ай бұрын
Interesting. But it’s a demonstration of floating point math, inside a specific DAW, using the DAW’s own plugins - not an optional solution for a real-world music mix project with plugins that require properly calibrated gain staging.
@VultureCulture7 жыл бұрын
Wow this is the most clear explanation for this I have seen.
@jorgepeterbarton3 жыл бұрын
The issue Ive found is then if you just go with some tracks clipping, yet have groups and a plugin chain, you then have to check various plugins....or select and lower (maybe a reverb clips) which then affects a compressor (use threshold change same amount) etc. Hard to know which plugs will clip! Some will and dont even have meters!
@henrikborg86107 жыл бұрын
If any plugin in the chain has built in saturation or any emulations of analog gear with a digital reference level I'm quite sure this way of thinking/working is not the best idea..
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
You should set those plugins according to what the manufacturer suggests. But it won't matter what you do later on in the chain.
@henrikborg86107 жыл бұрын
What about dynamic processors? Even with the threshold at 0 dBfs they won't be able to handle a signal using this method.. The title of the video is a bit misleading.. "Floating point in Reaper" maybe?
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
I'm not suggesting that you boost anything by 100dB in the video. Just that you could. You still need to set your compressors to taste.
@henrikborg86107 жыл бұрын
That's why I said that the title is a bit misleading as this IMO has little to do with gainstaging, it just shows one advantage of floating point vs fixed point. Proper gain staging will eliminate the need to compensate/reduce the volume with an extra plugin before every stage of gain sensitive processing..
@G_handle4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this is dangerously wrong. It could take a new engineer years to Unlearn this one video. 32 or 64 bit Audio allows for nearly unlimited level changes in the code. But gain staging is all about Nominal levels and how they relate to Professional Analog Equipment, and NOW Analog Emulated Plugins. But Gain Staging also effects all of your Dynamics Processing (are you gonna set your threshold to 100dBFS?) PLEASE DON’T MIS-EDUCATE YOURSELVES
@gwugluud3 жыл бұрын
You finesse that volume plug better than I've been doing.
@QuinnHale3 жыл бұрын
It seems that going into the red in Reaper's meters isn't really distorting/clipping anything unless you were to render the track in that clipped state. If you were to introduce distortion or saturation into the channel, from a plugin or outboard gear, no amount of amplitude reduction should be able to null the tracks or fix the actual issue. Essentially you've just adjusted amplitude without introducing any distortion, or other wavelength altering effects, into the digital signal path. Of course that doesn't mean you won't distort your monitors or headphones back in the analog world. I think the better place to focus on cleaning up your mix to address and set up your gain staging is at the pre-amp level. After that, many plugin manufacturers will recommend to calibrate at the track level meter so that you don't have issues at the master. It's not just an issue of good practice, but also you retain more control. Trying to fix gain staging issues at the master won't resolve undesirable wavelength alteration, including distortion. You will only be lowering the volume/amplitude of the offending track. If I'm missing something in your example please let me know. It just doesn't seem that you've actually introduced any problem to the tracks in your example. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
@leonardocorredor10366 ай бұрын
Excelent!!!
@CTX1257 жыл бұрын
Simple and to the point....You Rock!
@foreheadlstudios29364 жыл бұрын
Mind blown. Thanks for this, Kenny.
@possumkeys6 жыл бұрын
Was interesting too see. Although only works like this because it's digital. In analog, once a signal distorts in the signal path, it's permanently distorted in the path,(unless you correct it using other techniques, but will never get back to 100%). Hence how square waves and the like are generated. But was very interesting to see.
@xenoneuronics67656 жыл бұрын
George Kamau That's the whole point of digital though, it preserves the signal
@dbhammond6 жыл бұрын
That's the whole point. It's just numbers. If you add too much, you can subtract later. In this scenario, "clipping" doesn't actually occur until it hits your D/A, your amp, and your speakers.
@DLithic4 жыл бұрын
really helpful....this way i can choose when to apply the volume adjustment relative to/within/before/after, as opposed to just applying a pre-/post- fader volume adjustment envelope. You always have dope videos, and I trust your advice cus your sound quality on your voice and comp capture is pristine.....pce ;)
@ApexLunatic11 ай бұрын
Does the volume plugin on the master go after or before the master fx such as a limiter?
@VladProkhorovDrums4 жыл бұрын
So I set my interface levels for my drums mics, now everything in reaper clips, and the tracks are at unity, so now I would use the volume pan smoother to set all the tracks in reaper to proper levels?
@boblyle39303 жыл бұрын
To much detail haha I just wanted a simple path to reaching unity Gain with every track and how to do that. Not 40 different ways to Sunday... basically from all my research make sure your almost hitting that with recording volume. Then twerk the gain prior to any mixing make sure it sits as close to -18db for best Plug it performance. This didn’t really show that. But I do get the concepts
@slamcrank5 жыл бұрын
I had a student bring me a completely messed up mix recently, and I asked him if he was gain staging his mix because it was all kinds of distorted and nearly unlistenable. He said he had gain staged, and pointed me to your video. And thus, I have found why his mix was distorted. What you are doing is not gain staging - at all. And I have now added your youtube page to the "do not watch" list for students. Trimming at a later point is not gain staging. And while this works in your current Reaper project, it's not proper gain staging and will completely destroy any mix in any other daw that uses -18RMS operating level for plugins. And if you can't hear the distortion on your channel before sending it to the folder, I feel sorry for you man. It's totally distorted.
@andrewolmstead4 жыл бұрын
Yes to this, this absolutely will not work with other DAWs. If your students aren't using Reaper, they should not use a video that says "in REAPER" in the title. For a student, I can see how that would not be obvious to them. The extreme example in this video is to demonstrate the idiosyncrasies of Reaper gain calculations, not to teach someone what gain staging is in a traditional DAW. That said, this video is part of Reaper's official documentation, so if they need to know the difference between Reaper and other DAWs using -18RMS levels, this is a great channel. REAPER Mania is definitely a fantastic channel, but it's obviously for people who are using Reaper.
@aszn29644 жыл бұрын
maybe the DAW which you were using is not floating point math DAW? Kenny clearly says, it works with DAWs usinf floating point math.
@anilgrover19553 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful, Kenny. So much helpful. Thanks a lot. 🙏
@trestristes13 жыл бұрын
For some special reason u dont use the JS Volume Adjustment? I'ts seems like the max volume option its really useful and the pan control its not so important for this use at least. Thanks a lot, its one of my favorites channels, i have learn a lot!.
@KyleSSmith7 жыл бұрын
Thnk u Mr Gain Stage man
@EasyHeat3 жыл бұрын
This is actually a helpful tip as a temporary "volume fader war" band-aid, but unfortunately I'm afraid you are under the false assumption that "volume" and "gain" are the same thing, when in actual reality? They most certainly are not. No more the same than setting overall levels before tracking, or practicing ACTUAL gain staging during the preparation of mixing. Sure, they are both vital resources seemingly working in tandem to achieve a similar goal, but they are realistically completely different signal path parameters, and should ideally be understood as such. Really digging the channel, as I'm still rather much of a noob in Reaper after transitioning from Adobe Audition. which was my first DAW after transitioning from two inch analog and ADAT tape. Now, what I really need help with is organizing my VST collection. Reaper could of made that a hell of a lot easier by now.
@emiliosujar71973 жыл бұрын
Hi Kenny, I really liked your video, because like you I like that the tracks contain wave lines as wide as possible. But I am starting in Reaper and first of all I would like to ask you how to add a track folder and a MASTER MIX track, like you have here. I am downloading recordings to Reaper, with only voice and acoustics, 32 bit, taken on a Sound Devices MixPre ii. I see you in the video change the gain from a circular icon, in the shape of a knob, located in the upper left corner of the track, but it does not appear to me. Thanks.
@jasonwright41442 жыл бұрын
Hey man so I'm a little bit of a newbie. I just finished recording a song I've been working on since february in Reaper. Haven't done much mixing or anything. But I noticed when I set all my faders to 0 db that the song was WAY too quiet. Any suggestions? I'm trying to learn more about gain staging but It seems like everything i implement makes the over all volume of the song way too quiet
@RD-fw8qy4 жыл бұрын
I am curious as to why you would even want to set the gain on your interface going in to be distorted or is it that if you don't peak on the interface and still does in reaper track you just fix it there. What is the proper level to set the gain on the interface. I record my drums here at home with reaper and can actually turn the gain down all the way and still pick up the sound.
@ioanniskopadis53423 жыл бұрын
i dont get the point. it still sounds the same volume. i wanna it louder but it peaks. if i use the volume smoother it just sounds lower again. doesnt get red but its lower. so this works only to avoid distortion? what do i do for more volume? my songs play really low compared to any youtube song
@capoman16 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Good info. I was always micro managing clipping on each track. Now I know it just matters at the master level. Now I will say, there is a "compression effect" when you feed the master too much volume. So it is still important to make sure your track levels are correctly set for the mix.
@mikeobrien1234 жыл бұрын
how is he dragging the gain up on the waveform? i don't have that set up and im always going to item properties and bumping it up and down...his way is more visual and quicker... any help appreciated..
@lexluthier82904 жыл бұрын
Options>Preferences>Appearance/Media - then click the dropdown for 'Item Volume Control' and select 'Knob'. You can also choose to have the 'handle' option at the top or mid-point of the media item if you prefer.
@axelbouffier3482 жыл бұрын
Thx, as always great Prof. Gioia
@akeyunturned358010 ай бұрын
Brilliant!
@andy_1822 жыл бұрын
how did he get his master trrack to show the volume horiznoitally
@onzkicg3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! where’s your accent from? Reminded me of that AntMan movie guy telling stories 😂
@marcosmees62855 жыл бұрын
wht can i do, to control levels/volume appears at any track (like -16 -24 etc etc), just appears on the master here.. ????
@midiman50456 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. My only question would the plugin create distortion or artifacts by being overloaded?
@Nick-eo2ol4 жыл бұрын
I get the concept here but why would anyone want their plugin inputs to be clipping?
@raxputinofficial2 жыл бұрын
Ok I NEED HELP! I recorded at -6. No clipping. Obviously after adding all the tracks at -6. Which after plugins etc cause peaking. Should I go in and gain stage or go thru trim and do a prefx volume trim to make everything at -18?
@EnigmaticOranmentV63 жыл бұрын
Thank you, sir
@jaybordeaux81115 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial and thank you.
@Guchimerlo4 жыл бұрын
Very Useful Info Appreciate the Tutorial Kenny My Gain was flying High Now have everything under control 👍
@volodia11404 жыл бұрын
One question: Does this apply to control true peak and isp? By the way, you are so cool men, i really appreciate all your videos, thanks so much, from Ciudad de México.
@xeonlux2 жыл бұрын
great info. but. where do you get the gain knob on the file ?? im noob :}
@Archaic1Eye2 жыл бұрын
How do you get the dB scale to show up in the TCP?
@ViktorNova5 жыл бұрын
To fix a clipping master, is it better to use a volume plugin on the master FX channel, or does turning down the master fader effectively accomplish the same thing in Reaper? There is a LOT of controversy about this, but I would love to know from the Reaper expert what the correct answer is. (I have been turning down my master fader to accomplish this and am wondering if I'm losing bits of audio information!) Thank you! Love your videos, and Reaper
@DeeKeyLP3 жыл бұрын
your inserts effects go before your fader, so if it is important to have a nice level for your plugins then use gain plugin in the inserts, otherwise doesn't matter
@david_farmer7 жыл бұрын
One potentially silly question. Everything shown here is either using plugins or sends to reduce gain. Is all this staging done pre-fader, or can you also use folder track channel faders or the master output fader to reduce the levels the same way? I'm assuming channel faders work too, and are easier to grab and adjust than a volume plugin.
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
It all works. Yes.
@frankb86167 жыл бұрын
Curious how hitting an amp sim at +110db will sound? or even +10db? Most plugin presets are set for a desired amount to work as intended. i particularly love how people in KZfaq videos demonstrating the SSL channel strip will crank the threshold to max in order for it to work, BECAUSE THEY LOWERED THEIR ITEM VOLME TO LOW. lol
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
Yes. But not "most". What you're talking about only matters for guitar sims (obviously) or emulation plugins that want to see a certain level. But those plugins should tell you that level and have an adjustment. Most plugins don't care what level they see.
@MrBalatico4 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! This is really helpful!
@LoopConnection6 жыл бұрын
How do I add the knob above the track to adjust the gain?
@REAPERMania6 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prugesSEvr_FlKs.html
@LoopConnection6 жыл бұрын
You are the Man! Thanks Kenny!
@lingvemulo5 жыл бұрын
How do you get track and master metering to appear that way?
@gwugluud3 жыл бұрын
Mr K, I've recently got into using generic graphic eq a little more, since I can pinpoint better. I was avoiding them under the belief that the Waves and other channel sims would lend more character. I'm getting a little skeptical that channel/desk sims are what they claim. I suspect they're just EQs dressed up in Neve halloween costumes...
@AudioReplica20236 жыл бұрын
OMG...this is a KZfaq channel dedicated to Reaper daw only. He never stated this is the way should be done with analog emulations ...thats why hes not using one of them here. Reaper plugins are completely digital and not modeled after anything. On this video the only thing you see is mathematical calculations not emulations....You add then subtract. Simple. Thats why he suggest to see and not confuse it with the other video "recording levels" where he clearly talk about analog emulation levels.
@FirebrandVOCALS2 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTE Genius 🙂
@mylesjarvis75714 жыл бұрын
This is AWESOME!
@tkelong35695 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@DevonSpittleREAL3 жыл бұрын
What is the fader on the master for then?
@KeenenBlockson7 жыл бұрын
So, I can have all my channel faders slamming into the red every second of a mix, and as long as I place a trim before the final limiter there aren't any negative consequences? No noticeable impact on transients/dynamic range and mp3 conversion?
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
That is correct!!!!
@erewrw19064 жыл бұрын
Also red Lights in individual Plugins, are no Problem then. right?
@ElcoWeitering7 жыл бұрын
does it work the other way too? like if it's too quiet on the master buss, get the volume plugin to make it louder without distorting. You know, you can always go one louder (Niger Tufnel voice)
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
Of course.
@scottydogg2785 жыл бұрын
So on my Reaper config as is, I currently don't have the volume adjustment icon that you show at 2:49. Currently, I need to hover my cursor over the top of a track and then either drag down or hold shift to drag up. How do I change this to work like in this vid? I can't seem to figure that out
@REAPERMania5 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prugesSEvr_FlKs.html
@scottydogg2785 жыл бұрын
Ah awesome - thanks mate!
@ShurekHam2 жыл бұрын
Does this "volume" plugin controls Gain? or the ending Volume?
@perrypelican94767 жыл бұрын
I am not sure I get it. Is it simply that it doesn't matter where adjust the gain in the chain as long as the final out is at a good level?
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
Yes. You do get it. Computers don't work like analog consoles. An analog console sees clipping at one point and can't fix it later in the chain. A DAW (REAPER) just adds all the numbers together and creates one number. So 100dB + -100dB is seen as 0dB. With no clipping occurring.
@Moguiman2 жыл бұрын
What if the recording level was too high to begin with?
@samxday4 жыл бұрын
Why a volume plugin instead of the fader? Just because it allows you to type in dB levels for explanation? 🤔
@mattheasboelter52174 жыл бұрын
It's best to try to keep the faders near zero. They are most precise there. When you are compensating for loud volumes with the faders, it can be really hard to precisely mix. Using a volume plugin will get you close to the right volume, and then you can use the faders purely for mixing.
@reisaki183 жыл бұрын
does it work on a real analog gears?
@jimmyrichards29094 жыл бұрын
How do I get the small gain control dial to appear above an item like his?
@kennygioia71844 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prugesSEvr_FlKs.html
@jimmyrichards29094 жыл бұрын
@@kennygioia7184 Thank you so much man. That is such a huge thing to have for gain staging and velocity control on drum samples. I really appreciate you sending the link!
@firstserved10697 жыл бұрын
Tutorial on how to mix vocal to MP3 track in reaper
@chezchezchezchez7 жыл бұрын
Mind = blown. I always believed the myth.
@REAPERMania7 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!!
@holidaymaker29824 жыл бұрын
NEEDED THAT
@mixinginthebox5 жыл бұрын
wow thank you.
@HR26357 ай бұрын
unfortunately this does not work for all 3rd party plugins.. most likely poor implementation of those plugins, but just so you know! For instance the old Dead Duck plugins that sound great!, but they cannot be fixed later in the FX chain. You need to correct the input level before the plugin.